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Gomphotaria

Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Gomphotaria Barnes and Raschke p. 2 figs. Figures 1, 2, 3a
1994Gomphotaria Deméré p. 115
1995Gomphotaria Horikawa p. 322 figs. Table 4
1997Gomphotaria McKenna and Bell p. 257
2002Gomphotaria Berta p. 923
2003Gomphotaria Deméré et al. p. 49 figs. Fig. 3.3
2006Gomphotaria Kohno p. 418
2008Gomphotaria Barnes p. 534
2009Gomphotaria Berta p. 863
2013Gomphotaria Boessenecker and Churchill p. 10 fig. 8
2017Gomphotaria Berta p. 156
2018Gomphotaria Berta p. 714 figs. Fig. 3
2018Gomphotaria Berta et al. p. 217 figs. Fig. 6
2018Gomphotaria Magallanes et al. p. 30 figs. Fig. 14
2020Gomphotaria Biewer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
Pinnipedimorpha
Pinnipedia()
familyOdobenidae()
Neodobenia
subfamilyDusignathinae
genusGomphotaria

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Gomphotaria Barnes and Raschke 1991
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Gomphotaria pugnax Barnes and Raschke 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteuc
Ontogeny: modification of partsuc
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2011-05-21 01:16:23
Modified: 2011-05-20 10:16:23
Source: f = family, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Kohno et al. 1995, Hendy et al. 2009, Carreño and Cronin 1993

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Piacenzian11.62 - 2.588USA (California) G. pugnax (188305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) G. pugnax (59067)